Sports Equipment on a Plane 2026: Golf Clubs, Surfboards and Dive Gear
Tobias Weßling
Your Complete Guide to Airline Baggage Rules, Carry-On Sizes & Luggage Reviews
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Flight Prices 2026 Forecast: Christmas Flights and When to Book
Two headlines, one contradiction. Back in May, the story was that flying would get cheaper again despite the kerosene crisis. In late June, a scare piece about grounded Lufthansa jets got pulled. And yet almost every flight prices 2026 forecast still ends with the same line: tickets are going up.
Miriam Kohl
Eurowings Flight Schedule 2026/2027: New Routes From Five German Airports
Jerez de la Frontera, Cairo, Klagenfurt, Bologna. The Eurowings flight schedule 2026 picks up a decent batch of new destinations this winter, and not just at one airport. From late October 2026, new direct routes launch out of Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart and Hannover. It's all in the...
Lena Brandt
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A Week Off-Grid: A Digital Detox Vacation With Just Carry-On Luggage
The charging cable was still lying on the bed when the case was already shut. That's the moment it clicked. On a digital detox vacation you don't just leave the phone behind. You leave behind everything that hangs off the phone. No wall plug, no second cable, no power bank, no adapter for the...
Tobias Weßling
CT Scanners at the Airport, Liquids Gone at the Connection: the 2-Litre Trap
I was standing at the gate with a 1.5-litre water bottle sticking out of my backpack, completely relaxed about it. CT scanner at the airport, liquids up to 2 litres allowed, I had read that two weeks earlier. At the first security check it was true. Two hours later, at my connection, the bottle...
Lena Brandt
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Luggage Scale App 2026: What Actually Works
Two kilos over the limit can cost up to 70 euros depending on the airline, according to finanzen.net. So every travel season, somebody goes looking for a luggage scale app. The awkward answer first: your phone can't weigh a suitcase. It can guess at one, and honestly that's enough more often than...
Miriam Kohl
Flying While Pregnant: Baggage Tips, Deadlines and Airline Rules 2026
Flying while pregnant rarely falls apart because of the bump. It falls apart because of paperwork. What decides things at check-in is your week of pregnancy and whether the certificate is in your carry-on. The medical side belongs to AOK and your doctor. This is the baggage half.
Tobias Weßling
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The Most Absurd Carry-On Rules Airlines Actually Enforce: Peanut Butter, Snakes and Live Lobsters
I'm not kidding. The TSA officially declared in 2023 that peanut butter counts as a liquid and will get confiscated if the jar is over 3.4 ounces. Their actual tweet? "You may not be nuts about it, but TSA considers your PB a liquid." That's real. That happened.
Tobias Weßling
Packing Tips: 10 Airport Luggage Mistakes That Cost You Real Money
42% of German travelers have paid unexpected baggage fees. Not a typo. Almost half. According to an AirHelp survey, 83% find baggage rules stressful. Honestly, I get it.
Lena Brandt
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Luggage Scale App 2026: What Actually Works
Two kilos over the limit can cost up to 70 euros depending on the airline, according to finanzen.net. So every travel season, somebody goes looking for a luggage scale app. The awkward answer first: your phone can't weigh a suitcase. It can guess at one, and honestly that's enough more often than...
Miriam Kohl
Guides
Sports Equipment on a Plane 2026: Golf Clubs, Surfboards and Dive Gear
My friend Thomas did the maths back in March, two weeks before his flight to Fuerteventura. Ticket: 79 euros. Golf bag: 54 euros. Per leg, obviously. He took the clubs anyway and then sent me a very long voice message about it.
Tobias Weßling
Guides
Camera and Drone Carry-On: DSLR, Lenses and Batteries in 2026
Short version: drone carry-on is fine as long as you get the battery rules right. Three separate rulebooks, one backpack. Fly with a camera body, a couple of lenses and a drone in your carry-on, and you normally end up reading three unrelated sets of rules: battery regulations, camera baggage...
Tobias Weßling
Guides
Laptop in Hand Luggage 2026: CT Scanner Rules and the Best Laptop Bags
Two people fly out of Munich on the same morning. One leaves the laptop in hand luggage and walks straight through. The other pulls it out and puts it in a grey tray, exactly like always. Both of them are following the rules correctly. They're just standing in different terminals.
Lena Brandt
Tips
Flying While Pregnant: Baggage Tips, Deadlines and Airline Rules 2026
Flying while pregnant rarely falls apart because of the bump. It falls apart because of paperwork. What decides things at check-in is your week of pregnancy and whether the certificate is in your carry-on. The medical side belongs to AOK and your doctor. This is the baggage half.
Tobias Weßling
Tips
Airport Wheelchair Assistance: Your Rights and What Happens to Your Chair
Around 914,000 passengers used reduced-mobility services at German airports in the first half of 2023, says the ADV airport association. Plenty of travellers still treat airport wheelchair assistance as a favour from the airline. It isn't.
Miriam Kohl
A Week Off-Grid: A Digital Detox Vacation With Just Carry-On Luggage
The charging cable was still lying on the bed when the case was already shut. That's the moment it clicked. On a digital detox vacation you don't just leave the phone behind. You leave behind everything that hangs off the phone. No wall plug, no second cable, no power bank, no adapter for the...
Tobias Weßling
CT Scanners at the Airport, Liquids Gone at the Connection: the 2-Litre Trap
I was standing at the gate with a 1.5-litre water bottle sticking out of my backpack, completely relaxed about it. CT scanner at the airport, liquids up to 2 litres allowed, I had read that two weeks earlier. At the first security check it was true. Two hours later, at my connection, the bottle...
Lena Brandt
40x30x15 Hand Luggage on Lufthansa: What Really Fits in the Economy Basic Bag
Eighteen litres. That is the whole allowance, mathematically, once a bag measures exactly 40x30x15 cm, and that measurement is now the only free piece of baggage in Lufthansa's cheapest short and medium haul fare. So 40x30x15 hand luggage means one bag, under the seat in front, and nothing else.
Lena Brandt
Tips
Duty Free Alcohol in Hand Luggage: The STEB Trap When You Connect
A sealed duty free bag looks like a guarantee. It isn't, at least not everywhere. Carry duty free alcohol in hand luggage across a connecting flight and you can lose the bottle at the second security checkpoint, even though the shop sealed everything correctly at the till.
Lena Brandt
News
Flight Prices 2026 Forecast: Christmas Flights and When to Book
Two headlines, one contradiction. Back in May, the story was that flying would get cheaper again despite the kerosene crisis. In late June, a scare piece about grounded Lufthansa jets got pulled. And yet almost every flight prices 2026 forecast still ends with the same line: tickets are going up.
Miriam Kohl
Tips
Food in Hand Luggage: Cheese, Sausage and Baby Food in 2026
A wedge of hard cheese from your holiday sails through security. The tub of cream cheese beside it goes in the bin before the scanner. Both are food in hand luggage, both look equally harmless, and the ingredient list has nothing to do with it. Consistency decides.
Lena Brandt
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